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Original description:—Testa fere aequilateralis, rliomboideoovata,
ventricosa, solidiuseula, concentrice striate atque costulis
snbremotis, iiiterdum plus iiiinusve obsoletis, ornata, epiderinide
olivacea induta, iiitus violaoea: latere antice ante unibones
proininentes subhorizontali; tunc fere regulariter convexo, postico
declivi, oblique sub'runcatulo, demum subangulato, niargine
ventrali modice arcuato ; ligamento postice subito coutracto.
Long. 9, lat. lO'o, diain, V mm.
The author also gives the dimensions of another specimen
as:—
Long. 8-5, lat. 11-5, diam. 7 mm.
Ihth. Maudalay.
352. Corbicula regularise Prime.
Corbicula regidaria. Prime, P. Z. S. xxviii, 1860, pp. 321-322 ;
Cat. Oorb. 1869-70, Gen. Corbicula, p. l;i6,no. 90; H. &T.,0.1.
1876, p. .55, pi. 138, tigs. 5, 6 ; Gle^isin, in Martini & Chemnitz,
1879, p. 202.
Original description:—Testa ovato-transversa, fequllaterali, intus
violaeea, epiderniide viridi-flavescente ; umbonibus disparibus ;
dentibus cardinalibus tribus, insequalibus, lateralibus prselongis,
striatis.
Long. 17-75, lat. 22-75, diam. 11 mm.
llah. Deccan ; also recorded from Madras.
353. Corbicula bengalensis, Beshayes.
Corbicula bengalensis, Desbayes, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 344; Cat. Brit.
Mus., Oonciiif. p. 224; Prime, Cat. Corb. 1864, p. 4; 1869-70,
Gen. Curbicula, p. 128, no. 10 ; Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N.Y. viii,
1866, p. 200, tig. 52; _H. & T., C. 1. 1876, p. 62, pi. 155, tig. 6
{Corbicula benqalica [sic], Deshayes); Clessin, in jMartini &
Cheuuiitz, 1879, pp. 138-139, pi. 24, tig. 20.
Original description :—Testa ovato-subtrigona, depressiuscula,
tenui, subffiquilaterali, obsolete transversim striata, striis, regularibus,
distantibus, epidermide flavescente, nitidissima, intus alba,
in medio macula rubescente notata ; umbonibus minimis acuiis;
cardine angusto, trideatato, altero bideutato ; dentibus lateralibus
augustissiniis, argute striatis.
Hah. Bengal; also recorded from the Eiver Jumna.
The dimensions given belo^v are taken from the two specimens
forming the type series in the British Museum :—
1. 2.
Long 8 8 mm.
Lat 10 9-75 mm.
Diam 5 *2 mm.
* Sinsrle valve.